/**
 * This file is part of 1genia trampoline
 * Copyright (C) 2007 1genia (contact@1genia.com)
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
 * published by the Free Software Foundation; version 3 of the License. 
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Library General Public License for more details. 
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this library; see the file COPYING.TXT.  If not,
 * write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street,
 * Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. 
 **/
package com.genia.toolbox.uml_generator.transformer;

import org.w3c.dom.Element;

import com.genia.toolbox.uml_generator.bean.ModelGeneratorContext;

/**
 * interface of object that handle the parsing of the xmi file.
 * 
 * @param <ObjectType>
 *          the type of the parent of the current {@link Element}
 */
public interface InputHandler<ObjectType>
{
  /**
   * the actual method that parse the current {@link Element}.
   * 
   * @param context
   *          the generation context
   * @param firstPass
   *          wether it is the first or second pass
   * @param element
   *          the element to parse
   * @param parent
   *          the generated parent model
   */
  public void processContent(final ModelGeneratorContext context, final boolean firstPass, final Element element, final ObjectType parent);

}
